Chariots of the Gods: 50th Anniversary Edition

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a b Lehmann, Fritz (April 7, 2015). "Beatenberg: "Besuche von Ausserirdischen würden nicht schaden" ". Berner Zeitung (in German) . Retrieved March 20, 2017.

On my first read many years ago, I loved this book more and even recommended it to a few of my friends. I think it doesn't deserve anything more than three stars after rereading it. a b Krassa, Peter (1978), Erich von Däniken: Disciple of the Gods, London: W.H. Allen & Co, pp.82–83, ISBN 0-352-30262-3 Richter, Jonas (2012). "Traces of the Gods: Ancient Astronauts as a Vision of Our Future". Numen. 59 (2/3): 222–248. ISSN 0029-5973. a b Clegg, Brian (June 5, 2007). "Review – Chariots of the Gods – Erich von Daniken". Popular Science. Archived from the original on October 21, 2011 . Retrieved March 20, 2017. According to von Däniken, books in his series have altogether been translated into 32 languages and have sold more than 63 million copies. [55]

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a b c Lingeman, Richard R. (31 March 1974). "Erich von Daniken's Genesis". The New York Times. p.6. A lot of ingredients go into that blender, including (...) apocryphal lore. He refers to "The Book of Dzyan", for example, which he helpfully adds is to be found in "The Secret Doctrine" of Mme. Blavatsky (...) "The Book of Dzyan" exists only in her astral thoughts. (...) Actually, both of these documents have a way of turning up repeatedly in books on flying saucers, which is probably where von Däniken found them. a b c d Lingeman, Richard R. (31 March 1974). "Erich von Daniken's Genesis". The New York Times. p.6. Transcripts of Däniken's letters to his wife Elizabeth (whom he married in 1959), during this period are provided in Krassa, pp. 130–135. i think this is the perfect response to daniken. it doesn't matter if you think it's real. it fascinates the mind and it expands the depths in which you think and it causes you to question aspects of our history. our history which is written on cave walls and ancient texts. a whole civilisation which is so far away, we cannot comprehend, we dismiss it all as a mythical superstitions.

it was mathematicians who gave Egyptians their mathematical concepts. Their writing system was developed by scribes. Ostojic, Magdalena (October 18, 2013). "Von Däniken wieder fest im Sattel". Jungfrau Zeitung (in German) . Retrieved March 20, 2017.Edward Uhler Condon, " Scientific Study of Unidentified Objects", Bantam, 1969, cited by the 1974 NYT article "Erich von Däniken's genesis"

The ideas put forth in his books are rejected by virtually all scientists and academics, who categorize his work as pseudohistory, pseudoarchaeology, and pseudoscience. [1] [2] [3] Early in his career, he was convicted and served time for several counts of fraud or embezzlement, [4] and wrote one of his books in prison. Von Däniken also said that there were too many problems with their tools, and, according to him, the Egyptians had no prehistory so they could not have possibly built these large pyramids, even though there are pyramids in Egypt that were built before the Great Pyramid. Because he believed that there was no prehistory, von Däniken put forward that there is nothing known about how, when, or why these pyramids were built. [39] [40] There is nothing to be ashamed of if you cannot follow Einstein; one scientist called him the great solitary because he could discuss his theory with only a dozen or so of his contemporaries." Bolton, Doug (December 7, 2015). "Stonehenge: The most unusual theories about why the mysterious monument was built". The Independent . Retrieved March 20, 2017. Because myths are the remnants of distant events and historical relationships of this planet with other celestial worlds.Freeman, John (July 7, 2015). "Erich Von Däniken's "Chariots of the Gods" comics re-published in Poland". down the tubes . Retrieved September 12, 2023. The book also suggests that ancient artwork throughout the world can be interpreted as depicting astronauts, air and space vehicles, extraterrestrials, and complex technology. Von Däniken describes elements that he believes are similar in the art of unrelated cultures. [1] [12] [13] Among the artwork he describes are ancient Japanese Dogū figurines (which he believes to resemble astronauts in spacesuits) and 3,000-year-old carvings in an Egyptian New Kingdom Temple that appear to depict helicopter-like machines. [7] Kinofilm, Videospiel, TV-Serie: Ufologe von Däniken bald übernatürlich präsent" (in German). Focus. July 9, 2014 . Retrieved January 30, 2017. Regarding “Ancient Aliens”, it has run to 15 seasons and has millions who watch, and sadly believe. The reality is of course this ( from here)… this belief distorts and detracts from the real human story, the one told by credible evidence. This is not trivial at a time when our species is growing rapidly and becoming more technologically powerful while also continuing to struggle with violence, ethnocentrism, racism, and scientific illiteracy. We are unlikely to solve our biggest problems until we accept the scientific discovery of ourselves and consistently value a reality-based worldview. But for millions of people, this is more difficult than it should be because they have been seduced by fictions such as the one that says ancient astronauts were at the center of our shared past. Further Reading

Secrets of Ridley Scott's 'Prometheus': An Earthquake, Never-Seen Photos and Nightmarish Monster". The Hollywood Reporter. May 16, 2012 . Retrieved March 15, 2017. This is pseudo-science and story telling at its very best. This best selling book was probably the water shed moment in the proliferation of conspiracy theories and other pseudo-scientific stuff in the popular literature. And one can see why.

a b c d e Story, Ronald (1976). The space-gods revealed: a close look at the theories of Erich von Däniken. New York: Harper & Row. p. 2. ISBN 0-06-014141-7. Citing Der Spiegel, in issue 12/1969 (March 17, 1969), p. 184 and issue 12/1973 (March 19, 1973), p. 145. Peter Krassa, Disciple of the Gods: A Biography of Erich von Däniken (W. H. Allen & Co., Ltd, 1976, ISBN 0352302623), p. 74 Moricz told Der Spiegel that there had been no expedition; von Däniken's descriptions came from "a long conversation", and the photos in the book had been "fiddled". [24] During the 1974 interview, von Däniken asserted that he had indeed seen the library and the artifacts in the tunnels, but he had embellished some aspects of the story to make it more interesting: Vassallo, Raphael (January 3, 2017). "Unearthing the mysteries of the past". Malta Today . Retrieved March 20, 2017.